AI may make digital work infinitely leveraged while offline life gets more human
illscience · x · 2026-07-22
The author predicts a future of "life barbells": on one side, technology becomes more leveraged, productive, and intentional; on the other, offline life becomes more detached, human, and present.
The claim is that the most human technology is the one that makes digital work feel almost infinitely leveraged, which in turn gives people more room to go outside, be with family, and live less structured lives offline.
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